2000/06/05
Korea Times June 5, 2000 HEADLINE: European Bike Race to Raise Money for TB in North Korea
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Int'l Bicycle Rally Set to Raise Aid for NK Children Suffering TB
A civic group and two companies will launch a 2,000-kilometer bicycle race beginning in Paris and ending in Berlin on June 18 to raise funds for North Korean children suffering from tuberculosis (TB).
The Korean Sharing Movement (KSM) yesterday announced that it is organizing the seven-day fund raising event in cooperation with Korea Telecom Hitel Co. and Netpia Korea.
The movement has already selected 50 Koreans and another 50 Europeans as participants in the race.
The participants and civic group members are scheduled to stage fund raising events in major European cities in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
The international event is set to be wrapped up on June 24 when the rallying teams arrive at the German capital.
KSM estimates that about 200,000 children currently suffer from TB in North Korea.
Korean health authorities said that an estimated total three to four million North Koreans are TB patients.
The communications network firm Hitel and Internet domain company Netpia donated $20,000 each for the fund raising event.
The two corporations plan to set aside 100 won for every visit by Netizens to their Web pages' donation sites for needy North Korean children from today until June 13.
For international Web domains, Netpia will accumulate $1 for English registrations and 5,000 won for Korean beginning Tuesday.
The firm will also earmark 1,000 won for the registration of local domains for medical aid to suffering children in the North.
KSM and the companies will hold a public campaign in Taehangno, central Seoul to celebrate the charity rally and encourage people to join the donation movement.
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Int'l Bicycle Rally Set to Raise Aid for NK Children Suffering TB
A civic group and two companies will launch a 2,000-kilometer bicycle race beginning in Paris and ending in Berlin on June 18 to raise funds for North Korean children suffering from tuberculosis (TB).
The Korean Sharing Movement (KSM) yesterday announced that it is organizing the seven-day fund raising event in cooperation with Korea Telecom Hitel Co. and Netpia Korea.
The movement has already selected 50 Koreans and another 50 Europeans as participants in the race.
The participants and civic group members are scheduled to stage fund raising events in major European cities in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
The international event is set to be wrapped up on June 24 when the rallying teams arrive at the German capital.
KSM estimates that about 200,000 children currently suffer from TB in North Korea.
Korean health authorities said that an estimated total three to four million North Koreans are TB patients.
The communications network firm Hitel and Internet domain company Netpia donated $20,000 each for the fund raising event.
The two corporations plan to set aside 100 won for every visit by Netizens to their Web pages' donation sites for needy North Korean children from today until June 13.
For international Web domains, Netpia will accumulate $1 for English registrations and 5,000 won for Korean beginning Tuesday.
The firm will also earmark 1,000 won for the registration of local domains for medical aid to suffering children in the North.
KSM and the companies will hold a public campaign in Taehangno, central Seoul to celebrate the charity rally and encourage people to join the donation movement.
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